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Homo erectus

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Homo erectus

Cf. also The "Hobbit"
Pithecanthropus erectus (Java)	Sinanthropus pekinensis (China)
African Homo erectus	European Homo erectus
*Homo*	*"Early Homo"*
*Homo erectus*	*Homo sapiens*

General Information on the Species

Homo erectus -- Lorraine Dallmeier
Homo erectus -- Hooper Museum
Homo erectus -- ArchaeologyInfo.com
Homo erectus
EARLY HOMO ERECTUS TOOLS IN CHINA -- Archaeology
Homo erectus Animation -- MusculoGraphics
Homo erectus: The first large-brained humans -- WSU
Images
- Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D -- Phillip Walker and Ed Hagen

Subfamily	Genus	Species	Variety	Example	Alternative Name
*Homo erectus* Early Human Phylogeny -- National Museum of Natural History Times to Remember Primates -- Contemporary \| Primates -- Prehistoric \| Hominids top of page
H o m i n i n e s	*Homo*	*erectus*	*erectus*	Java	Pithe- canthropus
			*pekinensis*	Beijing	Sin- anthropus
				Nariokotome	African
				Dmanisi, Ceprano	European
					"Hobbit" ?
Adapted from Intoduction to Physical Anthropology, 8th ed, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore, and Trevathan (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2000, pp. 285 - 290).

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